Where does “tåle” come from?

tåle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse þola, from Proto-Germanic þulāną, from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- — to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom.

tåle (Norwegian Bokmål): to bear, endure, stand, tolerate

Definitions

  1. to bear, endure, stand, tolerate

Ancestry of “tåle”, step by step

tåle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse þola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþolato bear, endure, suffer
2Proto-Germanicþulānąto bear, to endure
3Proto-Indo-Europeantelh₂-to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom

via Old Norse tala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetalaspeech, discourse; tale, number; number
2Proto-Germanictalōnarration, report; assessment, judgment;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

Words derived from “tåle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þulāną →Every word from Old Norse þola →